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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2020-17482: PowerDNS: information disclosure

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 2, 2020
Added
Dec 29, 2020
Modified
Mar 31, 2026

Description

An issue has been found in PowerDNS Authoritative Server before 4.3.1 where an authorized user with the ability to insert crafted records into a zone might be able to leak the content of uninitialized memory.

Solution

gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-dns-pdns
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